Advanced Liberal Arts

Global Resource Management
Doshisha University

Questions and Answers by GRM graduates
Many students have participated in this program since AY2012.
Here are some testimonials from GRM graduates who are active all over the world.

Q1
A

What is(are) the reason(s)you decided to participate in
the GRM program?

In addition to the excellent research support such as
subsidies for overseas research, I was attracted to thefact that the program aims to contribute to thesolution of social issues and is committed to"integration of humanities and sciences" beyond theboundaries of existing academic ﬁelds.

I wanted to broaden my horizons and knowledge
beyond my specialty. In addition, I wanted to havemore opportunities to interact with people fromvarious backgrounds.
I was interested in the concept of "ntegration ofhumanities and science".
The GRM program was a perfect program for me tocombine my background in science with theknowledge I acquired in humanities eﬀectively.

Q3
Q 2 your current career/job?

What made you decide on

ANGOs/NPOs, as a group of experts independent of thegovernment and corporations, have a role to play inleading citizens' participation in politics throughpolicy proposals and information dissemination. I
think that is why we are required to be creative andtake on challenges by changing our approach invarious ways, and it is also interesting to have avariety of experiences.
I thought I was able to continue researchingthemes of interest to me.
In my job environment, we have bi-weekly seminars
where researchers from various disciplines givelectures about the recent developments in their ﬁeldof study and we actively engage in multi-disciplinary
discussions. This is what I have learned from the GRM
program and continued in my current job.

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AIn what kind of situations did you
ﬁnd it positive and helpful tohave learned from GRM program
as you work for the current company?

Through the GRM program, I have acquired theattitude to face issues from a perspective beyond theboundaries of the humanities and sciences andacademic disciplines, and to learn new ﬁelds ofspecialization when necessary. As a result, I feel that I
am able to face the social issues that need to besolved, rather than being conﬁned to the scope of myown specialty.
I was able to learn about the SDGs and other issues thatare being addressed on a global scale from early on.
When I face with diﬃculties, I became able to consider
things from multiple angles.
I engaged in several projects concerning Sustainable
Development in developing countries and had various ﬁeld
trips to diﬀerent parts of the world. This has helped me toenhance my task management and communication skills in
my current projects.

Questions and Answers by GRM graduates

Q5
AQ4
A

What is your perspective on theexpanding role of a Ph.D. holderin society in the days ahead?

Ph.D. holders are able to gain deep knowledge andwisdom through their interest and research in theirown specialized ﬁelds. However, they often have anarrow perspective, so I believe that by looking atthings diﬀerent from your own specialty, you canmake new discoveries and become a moresought-after person in society.
We expect to be able to develop technologies andprovide welfare support based on an understandingof the needs of the community and individuals as well
as a whole society.

Please write a message to students
who are considering whether or
not to take the GRM Program.

Respondents
Completed in AY2019
Aﬃliation: Graduate School of Global Studies

MORIYAMA Takuya
Name of the company / institution

Entering a doctoral program itself is a decision that
requires a great deal of determination, but theexperience of pursuing your interests and questions
and gaining expertise will be an advantage that you
can use in a variety of situations afterwards. If you
think the GRM program can help you do that, thentake advantage of it.
If you are not sure about participating in GRM, I would
recommend you to do so because you will gain a lotof experiences that are diﬃcult to gain in a typicalstudent life. There are many things that you can't
understand until you actually try them, so I always try
to do things when I am in doubt.
Your hesitation is evidence that you want toparticipate in the GRM program.
If you are looking for a highly engaging andmulti-disciplinary research environment, I strongly
suggest the GRM program! Even though it ischallenging to put additional eﬀort into earning extra
credits and classes, what you gain will change yourway of thinking for the rest of your life!

Kiko Network (Environmental NGO)

Completed in AY2019
Aﬃliation: Graduate School of Science & Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering

MUKAYAMA Tomoyuki
Name of the company / institution

ISUZU ADVANCED ENGINEERING CENTER, LTD

Completed in AY2020
Aﬃliation: Graduate School of Global Studies

KHALILI Mostafa
Name of the company / institution

The Hakubi Center for Advance Research, Kyoto University

Completed in AY2021
Aﬃliation: Graduate School of Science & Engineering,
Applied Chemistry

ZHANG Wenyu
Name of the company / institution

Materials Analysis Technology Inc.（MA-tek）

Completed in AY2021
Aﬃliation: Graduate School of Social Studies,

I believe that the most important value needed toachieve sustainable development on our planet is toenhance critical thinking! Getting Ph.D. is the best
training to develop such an ability.

Social Welfare

YANG Huimin
Name of the company / institution

Public university2

Acquire wisdom and advanced literacy to overcome diﬃculties in the society
The main feature of this program is that graduate students from various backgrounds and nationalities are studying together in English through interdisciplinaryeducation. Literacy here is not simply the ability to read and write. It refers to the ability to interpret issues and make independent judgments by using learned
knowledge and information.

Developing Human Resources
The GRM program nurtures "Con Engineers and Innovators":
who not only have the skills to apply science and make it
useful in human life, but also have "Wisdom" that combines
Global Social
Issue

science and technology, as well as "Conscience" to support
people.

Cross-disciplinary
practical education
GlobalIssues

Resources
EnergyEnvironment

DataScience

AcquireWisdom and Literacyto overcome diﬃculties

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Mathematics& Physics

Global Resource Management

GRM Program Features: What is expected of the students?

-To be a person who can overcome diﬃculties together with diverse others1

Acquire "Wisdom" and "Literacy" to overcome diﬃculties

2

Learn on the ﬁeld and learn from the ﬁeld

We live in an uncertain, complex, and ambiguous society today, where the future is even

Since the establishment of the program in 2012, the GRM program has consistently

more diﬃcult to predict. In the GRM program, students acquire the "Wisdom" toemphasized ﬁeld visits and exposure to local realities. Students experience the diﬃculties

overcome challenging situations through application of science and practical humanof the real world in the ﬁeld and ﬁnd their current abilities. From this experience, they will

skills, as well as "Literacy" to tackle diﬃculties with other people.

think deeply about what they should learn in the program and what abilities they shouldacquire in the future. The students learn both in the ﬁeld and in the classroom. This has
been the principle of the GRM program.

3Study in English with students of diﬀerent backgrounds

4Leads to post-graduate career development

Students will acquire fundamental skills as graduate students from a diﬀerent

In the GRM program, students of various nationalities study together. Although classes

perspective than the expertise they acquire at their graduate school. The knowledge andand student presentations are conducted in English, many students who are not ﬂuent in

multifaceted viewpoints acquired in the GRM program will be very useful for your career

English take the courses. Communication across languages and cultures might be

development after completing the graduate school.

diﬃcult at ﬁrst, but students improve their skills by challenging themselves repeatedly.

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Program Overview
About GRM Program
GRM program is a graduate education program for all graduate students in the masterʼs and doctoral degree
programs.
Students will take the GRM program besides the educational program of their graduate schools, and earn thecredits necessary for completing GRM program (at least 10 credits in ﬁve courses). Students who have beencertiﬁed to have completed of the program after earning the required credits will receive a certiﬁcate ofcompletion from the president of the university.
In the GRM program, there is no upper limit to the number of courses you can register in. Therefore, it is possible
to complete the program by earning 10 credits in 5 courses in one year. Alternatively, students can take courses
over multiple years to complete the program.

Model case 01

Model case 02

Model case 03

To complete in a year

To complete in two years

To start from fall semester

Spring

STAGE01
STAGE02

Selectivecourses 1
Selectivecourses 2

Fall

SpringFall

FallSTAGESTAGE

01 Compulsory

Compulsory

Selective
courses 302

Selective
courses 1
Selective
courses 2

Selective
courses 302

Compulsory

03

5STAGE

03

Fall

Selective
courses 1
Selective
courses 2

Selective
courses 3

Compulsory

C om pl et io n

STAGE

STAGE

SpringCompulsory

01

C om pl et io n

Compulsory

STAGE

Co m pl et io n

STAGE03

SpringFallGlobal Resource Management

Topics
Topic 1

Support for Building Career Paths

Expand your vision with the wisdom
The GRM program has produced more than 30 graduates with doctoral degrees. One of the unique features of this program is that about half of these graduates have chosen non-academic ﬁelds as
their ﬁrst career, mainly research positions in the private and corporate sectors. The other half have gone on to academic ﬁelds such as research positions at universities and public research
institutions.
Many GRM students receive relevant and multifaceted expertise that would be diﬃcult to obtain on their own through coursework, regular meetings with career coordinators, and guidance on careerdevelopment. As a result, they are able to think more deeply about their post-graduate and post-doctoral career development from an early stage and act with a high sense of purpose to create thecareer they desire.

Career paths of 35 GRM graduates at the end of AY2023

Career paths of GRM graduates

Industry

Government
Education

Topic 2Engineers/Managers with management skills to prevent conﬂicts
caused by cultural friction in companies with global operations.
People who can propose innovative strategies
Public servants and government agency employees who can leadrelief, development, conﬂict resolution, and peace-building
eﬀorts, unique to Japan as global leaders

Non-academicAcademicOthers*Graduate school at overseas, etc.

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Employment
results

Innovative researchers possessing the ability to provide realistic
analyses of modern global issues and who can expand existing
disciplines into new frontiers○ Electrical equipment manufacturers○ Measurement and analysis equipment
manufacturers○ Multinational air conditioning
manufacturers○ Property development company○ Resource development company○ Medical consultant

GRM Common Rooms

GRM Common Rooms, one located on the second ﬂoor of Shikokan building at Karasuma Campus and another one on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of Hochikan building at
Kyotanabe Campus, are open to the GRM students to improve studentsʼ learning environment.
The two common rooms are connected online to enable students to remotely take lectures oﬀered at the other campus.

6○ National research agency○ Independent administrativeinstitution○ Researcher at a national university○ Full-time faculty at a public university○ Full-time faculty at a private university○ Researcher at a foreign university

Global Resource Management

The curriculum of GRM
The curriculum consists of three stages, and the GRM program is based on the principle of "designing your own study plan". The ﬁrst stage (taken at the beginning of the course) and the thirdstage (taken at the end) are required courses, but students can choose the other courses they like and earn the credits necessary to complete the program (at least 10 credits in ﬁve courses).
Students can further develop their own strengths and abilities or deepen their studies in their weak areas. As a result, the knowledge and experience accumulated by each student will beunique.

STAGE・Group work

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・Theme-based
problem solving

STAGE02

・Cross-disciplinary learning
based on a plan・Acquiring advanced
literacy

STAGE01

STAGE01

・On-site practice to grasp
the current abilities

Compulsory

On-site Group Work・Making a study planThis program provides on-site practice (either overseas or in Japan) to experience "localconditions and issues" on chosen topics. Through learning in the ﬁeld, students willrecognize knowledge to be acquired, abilities to be developed, and necessary
perspectives, and design their own learning plans for the future.

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Global Resource Management

The curriculum of GRM
STAGESTAGE

02

03
Compulsory

Selective (3 courses or more)

Seminar for Advanced Liberal Arts

Resource Management for Coexistence and Cultural Diversity

Students work in groups to develop practical suggestions for problem solving. Along theMathematics and Physics as Liberal Arts

way, students will also see their performance growth as a result of taking the GRM

Infrastructure Design for Human Communities

program. Group collaboration is required as well as an interdisciplinary approach.

Environmental Earth Science as Liberal Arts
Global Resource Management: Interdisciplinary Approach 1 -Natural Science
Global Resource Management: Interdisciplinary Approach 2 -Humanity and Social Science

Global Resource Management and Sustainable Development Goals 1
Global Resource Management and Sustainable Development Goals 2
Global Resource Management and International Relations
Research Methods of Social Sciences
Global Society in the Modern WorldGRM Topics 1 -Natural Hazards and Disaster Management
GRM Topics 2 -Topics in Mathematics for Information and Data Sciences
Capacity Development for Coexistence and Cooperative WorksIntroductory Laboratory of Infrastructures

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GRM Program Course List
Selective / Compulsory
Compul sory

Se l e ctiv e( 3 cour se s r e q uire d)Compul sory

Course NameCredit

SemesterCampus

IntensiveO n-s it e Gr o up Wo r k2Sprin gT (I)●Res o ur c e M a na g e m e n t fo r Co e x i s t e n c e an d Cu l t u r al Di v e r s i t y

2Sprin gOn lin e

M a t hem a t ics a nd P h y s i c s as L i b e ral A r t s

2

Sprin gOn lin e

Inf r a s t r a c t ur e D esi g n fo r Hu m an Co m m u n i t i e s2Fa ll

On lin e

E nvir o nm ent a l E a rt h S c i e n c e as L i b e r al A rt s

2Fa llI

Glo ba l Res o ur ce M an ag e m e n t : I n t e r d i s c i p l i n ar y A p p ro ac h 1 - N at u r al S c i e n c e

2Sprin g

T

Glo ba l Res o ur ce M an ag e m e n t : I n t e r d i s c i p l i n ar y A p p ro ac h 2 - Hu m an i t y an d Soc ia l Sc ien c e

2Sprin g

I

Glo ba l Res o ur ce M an ag e m e n t an d S u s t ai n ab l e De v e l o p m e n t G o al s 1

2

Fa ll

TGlo ba l Res o ur ce M an ag e m e n t an d S u s t ai n ab l e De v e l o p m e n t G o al s 2

2

Fa ll

I

Glo ba l Res o ur ce M an ag e m e n t an d I n t e r n at i o n al R e l at i o n s2

Sprin gIRes ea r ch M et ho d s o f S o c i al S c i e n c e s2

Fa ll

I

Glo ba l So c iet y in t h e M o d e r n W o r l d2Fa ll

I●

GRM To pic s 1 -Na t u ral Haz ar d s an d Di s as t e r Man ag e m e n t

2Sprin gI●

GRM To pic s 2 -To p i c s i n Mat h e m at i c s fo r I n fo r m at i o n an d Dat a S c i e n c e s

2Sprin gI●

C a pa cit y D evelo p m e n t fo r Co e x i s t e n c e an d Co o p e r at i v e W o rk s

2

S pri n g・Fal lI・TInt r o d uct o r y L a borat o r y o f I n fr as t r u c t u re s

2Sprin gISem ina r f o r A d va n c e d L i b e ral A r t s

2

Fa llI

・All courses can be registered from M1.

・In consideration of the language ability of the students, GRM classes will be conducted primarily in English.

・Face-to-face classes will be held on either campus (I = Imadegawa/T = Kyotanabe). (I) or (T) means that you can attend the class on the campus via Zoom.
・In order to register and take “Seminar for Advanced Liberal Arts”, "On-site Group Work" must have been completed or registered during the same year.

9●●MESSAGE
This course is derived from "Global Resource Management"

expertise. Besides acquiring basic knowledge outside of one's own

which was adopted in the Leading Program for Doctoral Educationﬁeld through classroom lectures, the program also values learning(Leading Graduate School), under the category of interdisciplinary

processes and exercises by visiting sites that are facing global issues

programs for a harmonious multicultural society in 2012.

such as disasters and natural resource shortages. The GRM students

The GRM program is a comprehensive doctoral program providing

will grow from the experience of overcoming diﬃculties throughadvanced education in the interdisciplinary ﬁeld of global resourceco-learning with other students, and from the new insights andmanagement through the integration of global studies andstimulation they gain from working together. This is the universal

infrastructure science/resource and energy science. Based on its

ability, or the literacy, needed to solve increasingly complex

philosophy and outcomes of the program over the past 10 years, thereal-world problems.

program has been reorganized as the new "Global ResourceThis program, together with the "Next Environment" Collaborative

Management Program," which constitutes the "Advanced Liberal Arts

Creation Course and the Comm 5.0 AI and Data Science Program,

Course," a common graduate school education program starting inconstitutes the "Advanced Liberal Arts Courses," a common graduate

2023.

education program. The goal of the GRM Program is to produce

To be widely active in society, it is necessary for graduate students tohuman resources who can contribute to diverse ﬁelds of society, bothhave literacy in a broad sense. This does not refer to the ability to readin academia and non-academia, by equipping them with a broad

and write, but rather to have "the wisdom to be able to respond torange of literacy as graduate students and researchers.

unknown problems, diﬃculties, and crises by utilizing a variety ofinformation based on acquired knowledge". Of course, there is no
doubt that the expertise acquired through graduate school isimportant and fundamental. Nevertheless, it is also true that society is

GRM Program Coordinator

Masanori NAITOchanging to the extent that expertise alone is no longer suﬃcient.
This program emphasizes learning from perspectives beyond one's

Professor of the Graduate School of Global Studies

10Institute for Advanced Research and Education
https://grm.doshisha.ac.jp/en/

Higashi-iru, Imadegawa-Karasuma, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8580 JAPAN
TEL：+81-75-251-3259 MAIL：ji-grmld@mail.doshisha.ac.jp